Although originally conceived as a novel by Lewis Carol about a young girl strange journey to a nonsensical world known as Wonderland, this story has been the inspiration to of many spin offs and properties in the gaming and motion picture industry. Since then Wonderland series has made several appearance in the RPG genres. The first attempt to translate this story into a RPG experience was by none other than Gary Gygax himself in 1983 with "Dungeonland" and "The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror". Later on though it influenced the creation of a module known as "Castle Greyhawk" in which many believe the inhabitants pored forth from the Wonderland Realm. From time to time, monsters and race popular to the novel would appear such as the infamous Jabberwocky and and adaption of the chess pieces (Chaturan) Dragon Magazine 358. The world would once again be visited again in the most recent module "Return to Castle Greyhawk".
Beside the interest in RPG, a darker more sinister adaption for the action as Video Game was developed know as "
American McGee's Alice" and its sequel "Alice: Madness Returns" in 2011.. It twists the the world into a slightly more darker version of itself which is a welcome change to the whimsical and childlike quality of the world. Since then other RPG companies have attempted to make adaptions as well (
Savage Worlds,
OGL D20, and
Better Mouse Trap Games) .
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